IAAF suspends Kenya officials

The IAAF has provisionally suspended three members of Kenya's athletics governing body, including president Isaiah Kiplagat.

The bans have been made "in the interests of the integrity of the sport", according to the IAAF, and are due to last for a period of 180 days.

Athletics Kenya vice-president David Okeyo and Joseph Kinyua, the team leader for the 2015 world championships, have also been provisionally banned.

In a statement released on Monday, the IAAF Ethics Committee revealed the sanctions came after they determined that all three men had cases to answer concerning "potential subversion of the anti-doping control process in Kenya and potential improper diversion from Athletics Kenya of funds received from Nike".

The statement also confirmed "a prima facie case ... of an apparent gift of two motor vehicles from the Qatar Association of Athletics Federation in the period 2014-2015" against Kiplagat.

All three men are yet to be found guilty of any wrongdoing and can appeal against the provisional sanctions.

Kenyan athletics was rocked last week after two-time world cross country champion Emily Chebet was among seven athletes suspended for failing drugs tests, while the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has called for the country to offer an explanation concerning its doping controls.

Russia has already been banned from all athletics competitions as a result of doping violations uncovered by a damning report from Wada and investigator Dick Pound.